Alani Bankhead is doubling down saying that she will not drop out of the Montana Senate race and taking swings at Seth Bodnar. Bankhead recently held a press conference to expose Bodnar’s mistreatment of women as the University of Montana President.
As reported by the Daily Montanan:
Bankhead, who won the Democratic nomination for Senate on June 2, argued Bodnar did not have the capacity to lead and still “deflects” responsibility for gender discrimination allegations in a lawsuit settled in 2024.
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Behind her, supporters held signs with allegations from the lawsuit.
“Under President Bodnar’s leadership and in violation of UM’s policies and federal law, women’s choices and actions were unreasonably contradicted and questioned,” said one.
In her speech, Bankhead invoked Jeannette Rankin, a Montanan who in 1916 was the first woman elected to Congress.
“Jeannette wouldn’t stand for anyone who discriminates to be in a leadership position,” Bankhead said.
The gender discrimination lawsuit was filed in 2021 against the Montana University System and UM, and it resulted in a $350,000 settlement.
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She repeated allegations in the lawsuit that Bodnar told a UM employee “her weight prevented her from being the face of the University of Montana” and that one of the 18 plaintiffs in the lawsuit “was forced to work with her stalker.”
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